Patrick Hilliman


Patrick Silvester Hilliman is a Dutch retired basketball player. In his career, Hilliman played for Dutch Basketball League clubs Rotterdam Challengers and ZZ Leiden. From 2007 till 2011, Hilliman played 30 games for the Dutch national basketball team.

Career

From 2005 till 2009 Patrick played in Spain for several teams in the lower divisions of the country.
In 2009 Hilliman left Spain for Holland to go play for the Rotterdam Challengers. Hilliman had an impressive debut season in the DBL, as he averaged 13.6 points and a league-leading 10.2 rebounds per game. Midway through the 2010–11 season Hilliman made a transfer to Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, after also Groningen and Den Bosch were looking to acquire him.
During his stand with Leiden Hilliman won two DBL's, a NBB Cup and two Supercups. He was also named a DBL All-Star again in 2011–12.
For the 2013–14 season Hilliman took his talents to Belgium, where he would start playing for Sint-Jan Basket in the Belgian Second Division. Eurobasket.com named him the Defensive Player of the Year and got him a place in the All-Tweede Nationale Team.
For the 2014–15 season Hilliman returned to Holland, when he signed with Port of Den Helder Kings. In December 2014, Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt and was dissolved.
Hilliman played three more years at amateur level in Belgium with Basics Melsese.

Honours

Club

Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Rotterdam Challengers
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden